Believing in Indians - Evans, Tony Tekaroniake
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Coming of age in an era of assimilation and cultural erasure, Tony Tekaroniake Evans' third-grade teacher informed his class that Indians no longer exist. How could this be when his grandmother spoke Mohawk in the house? Thus begins a comical, informative, and heartbreaking journey in search of his Indigenous identity. His transformative encounters with mentors, books, and conflicting ideas about Indians shatter stereotypes and challenge assumptions on both sides of the cultural divide. He pursues the deeper significance of his Iroquois traditions and, with irony and wit, delivers a critique…mehr

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Coming of age in an era of assimilation and cultural erasure, Tony Tekaroniake Evans' third-grade teacher informed his class that Indians no longer exist. How could this be when his grandmother spoke Mohawk in the house? Thus begins a comical, informative, and heartbreaking journey in search of his Indigenous identity. His transformative encounters with mentors, books, and conflicting ideas about Indians shatter stereotypes and challenge assumptions on both sides of the cultural divide. He pursues the deeper significance of his Iroquois traditions and, with irony and wit, delivers a critique of American history shaped by being both Indian and non-Indian. He finds no easy answers, and ultimately, his story becomes an affirmation that loyalty to family, with all its quirks and heartaches, is the quintessential ideology.
Autorenporträt
Tony Tekaroniake Evans is an enrolled member of the Kahnawake Mohawks of Quebec, and an award-winning reporter and columnist for the Idaho Mountain Express. His stories have been published in High Country News, History.com, Atmos, Mountain Gazette, American Indian Magazine, and other publications. He earned a degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Colorado. He is the author of Teaching Native Pride (WSU Press) and other books. His work is supported by grants from the Idaho Humanities Council.